1 to create, form or produce: “God made the Earth”
maken

2 to compel, force or cause (a person or thing to do something): “They made her do it”
laten

3 to cause to be: “I made it clear”
maken

4 to gain or earn: “He makes $100 a week”
maken

5 (of numbers etc) to add up to; to amount to: “2 and 2 make(s) 4.”
maken

6 to become, turn into, or be: “He'll make an excellent teacher.”
worden

7 to estimate as: “I make the total 483.”
schatten

8 to appoint, or choose, as: “He was made manager.”
benoemen

9 used with many nouns to give a similar meaning to that of the verb from which the noun is formed: “He made several attempts (= attempted several times)”
doen
a (usually manufacturer's) brand: “What make is your new car?”
merk

'maker (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

a person who makes: “a tool-maker”
maker

'making (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

the process of producing or forming something: “glassmaking”
vervaardiging

'make-be'lieve (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

the act or art of pretending and imagining: “a world of make-believe”
fantasie

'make-'over (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

a (complete) change in a person's appearance made by cosmetic treatment, new hairstyle, new clothes etc.
metamorfose

'makeshift (Bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

temporary and usually of poor quality: “a makeshift garden shed.”
geïmproviseerd

'make-up (Zelfstandig naamwoord)

1 cosmetics applied to the face etc: “She never wears any make-up.”
make-up

2 the set, or combination, of characteristics or ingredients that together form something, eg a personality; composition: “Violence is just not part of his make-up.”
aard

have the makings of

to have the clear ability for becoming: “Your son has the makings of an engineer.”
aanleg

in the making

being made or formed at this very moment: “A revolution is in the making.”
in voorbereiding

make a/one's bed

to tidy and straighten the sheets, blankets etc on a bed after it has been used: “The children make their own beds every morning.”
opmaken

make believe

to pretend (that): “The children made believe they were animals.”
doen alsof

make do

to use something as a poor-quality or temporary alternative to the real thing: “There's no meat, so we'll have to make do with potatoes.”
zich behelpen

make for

to go towards: “We're making for home.”
gaan naar

make it

to be successful: “After twenty years, we've finally made it.”
succes hebben

make it up

1 to become friends again after a quarrel: “It's time you two made it up (with each other).”
zich verzoenen

2 to give compensation or make amends for something: “I'm sorry †“ I'll make it up to you somehow.”
goedmaken

make (something) of (something)

to understand (something) by or from (something): “What do you make of all this?”
denken

make out

1 to see, hear or understand: “He could make out a ship in the distance.”
onderscheiden

2 to make it seem that: “He made out that he was earning a huge amount of money.”
doen alsof

3 to write or fill in: “The doctor made out a prescription.”
uitschrijven

4 (slang) to kiss, hug and caress; to neck: “They were making out in the back seat.”
kussen

make over

(American) to change something or turn it into something else: “They made over the room as an office”
transformeren
© K Dictionaries Ltd.

to make	een telefoontje plegen (ww.) ; wijzigen (ww.) ; voortbrengen (ww.) ; verwisselen (ww.) ; vervaardigen (ww.) ; veranderen (ww.) ; scheppen (ww.) ; produceren (ww.) ; opbellen (ww.) ; maken (ww.) ; makelij (ww.) ; maak (ww.) ; in het leven roepen (ww.) ; herzien (ww.) ; fabriceren (ww.) ; afwisselen (ww.)
the make	het maaksel ; het fabrikaat
make	aanmaken ; uitvoeren ; uitrichten ; uitbrengen ; stevenen ; laten doen ; laten ; koersen ; doen ; bedrijven ; afstevenen

Bronnen: MWB; interglot; Vlietstra; Wakefield genealogy pages




EN: be paid
EN: brand
EN: brand name
EN: breed
EN: bring in
EN: build
EN: cause
EN: clear
EN: construct
EN: craft

EN: he will make it NL: hij zal het wel halen (succes hebben)
EN: 3 and 3 make 6 NL: 3+3=6
EN: she will make a good housewife NL: ze zal een goede huisvrouw worden
EN: he makes one of the party NL: hij behoort er ook bij (doet ook mee)
EN: I'll make him pay in time NL: ik zal wel maken dat hij op tijd betaalt
EN: they will make or mar it NL: ze zullen het doen gelukken of mislukken
EN: the flood is making NL: de vloed komt op
EN: we hope to make a good breakfast NL: we hopen goed te ontbijten
EN: they are making headway (a good time) NL: ze schieten goed op
EN: we shall make sure NL: we zullen ons ervan vergewissen
EN: make hay while the sun shines NL: smeed het ijzer als het heet is
EN: they made friends NL: ze werden bevriend
EN: the ship made sail NL: